[Fixed] Bison / Flex issues compiling from source WinXP

[hamm4915]

I followed the instructions from http://wiki.wz2100.net/Windows_Compile_Guide_(MinGW) Windows Compile Guide (MinGW). I am using Windows XP SP3.

I used the following as my path for the cmd session:

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set PATH=\MinGW\bin;\WINDOWS\system32;"\program files\gnuwin32\bin"

When I ran mingw32-make, I would always get errors on bison or flex similar to the error below.

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bison -d  -o resource_parser.tab.c resource_parser.y
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, bison -d -o resource_parser.tab.c resource_parser.y, ...) failed.

This is indicating that mongw32-make is unable to find the respective executable.

This set path will allow mingw32-make to run with no errors. Short name was used for "Program Files" instead of the full name.

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set PATH=\MinGW\bin;\WINDOWS\system32;\progra~1\gnuwin32\bin

I hope this helps.

[neouser99]

windows isn't very consistent, this being a very good example. if you drop the quotes from the PATH, it would work just fine without the shortnames... dumb isn't it?